Garrett slammed the speaker toggle: *CLACK.*
Harrison Cole’s voice exploded through the underground bunker, raw, unhinged, vibrating with a feral, homicidal venom that tore through the pre-Cambrian schist:
*“Emily!
I know you are inside that tunnel with your brother!
My security detail has your car surrounded on the surface!”*
*“I have Tyler sitting in the seat across from me in handcuffs!”*
*“If you do not open that titanium hatch and place that card on the hood of my car within twelve minutes… your son will never celebrate his fourteenth birthday!”*
